Daily Archives: Sep 20, 2026
Fact Guage:
Elections
FACT CHECK: Fake photos shared during Kogi/Bayelsa elections
By Seun DUROJAIYE.
DESPITE public outcry against the rise of information disorder in Nigeria,  partisan groups and social media trolls still circulated images that turned...
Elections
FACT CHECK: Photos from 2015 polls, xenophobic attacks shared in connection to Kogi, Bayelsa elections
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
PICTURES from the general elections conducted four years ago and 2015 xenophobic attacks in South Africa have been recently shared in support of...
Politics
Pictures of bad roads in PDP’s press release are of Liberia, NOT Nigeria
By Damilola OJETUNDE
THE pictures shared by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alongside its press release on the state of bad roads in Nigeria are not...
General
FACT CHECK: Pictures of Nigerians protesting Buhari’s medical tourism in London are FAKE
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
PICTURES showing Nigerians protesting President Muhammadu Buhari’s claimed medical tourism in London are not true, a Fact Check by The ICIR has shown.
The...
Health
No, study does not show staring at women’s breasts prolongs lifespan …NAN shares two-decade-old hoax
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO
A 20-year-old hoax suggesting that staring at female breasts has the effect of promoting longevity in men has been circulated by the News...
General
Nigerian Correctional Service updates site with new name after ICIR reported oversight
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
LESS than a day after The ICIR reported its failure to update information on its website, the Nigerian Correctional Service has corrected places...
General
Buhari quotes old budget figure in Independence Day speech
IN his speech delivered on Tuesday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary celebration, President Muhammadu Buhari cited an outdated figure of the allocation federal...
General
REA says fact-check on BUK hybrid solar plant is ‘incorrect’—so we took a closer look
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO
THE Rural Electrification Agency, REA, has reacted to fact-check published by The ICIR on Monday, which debunked the claim that it has commissioned ...
General
Did Buhari answer a question incoherently at UN Climate Action Summit?
SINCE Tuesday, a video shared on Twitter by special assistant to the president on digital and media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has triggered negative reactions, with...
General
FACT CHECK: Is BUK off-grid hybrid solar power plant the largest in Africa?
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
THE Federal Government on Tuesday, September 3 commissioned what it claimed to be the largest off-grid hybrid solar power plant at the Bayero...
